Rover 75

With everything thats been going on in the past 12 months or so, Jenny has been a little neglected, especially the rear offside wing has deteriorated a fair bit, so today was the start of her restoration.first the wing, then each wheel will be done in sparkle silver.

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will let the primer cure and then flatten it back, the more primer, then flatten it again, top coat will be applied same as the primer but with 3 coats , flattened inbetween, and top coat will have 5 coats, again flattened between each coat.

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I am going to use my spray gun if that's what you mean, will give better and more of an even coverage than.rattle cans, although I have had extremely good results with rattle cans in the past, The match is very good from my local factor

Tourerfogey wrote:Yes, that's what I meant - so my next question is what type of paint are you using - is it ready to spray, need thinning, or mixing with an activator?

I have only ever sprayed older cars myself using celly but keen to try something different, but suitable for home use.

Possible to use any of the different paints at home synthetic is as easy as celly but does give a better finish with practice, 2 pack is one of the tricky ones but can be done with some success with good preparation, biggest problems are trying to keep dust foreign bodies away while paint cures.

arrrgh my compressor is losing pressure when on, a little investigation needed, may have to settle for a rattle can just to get it through the Tram Sunday show.I am suspecting the none return valve, as it builds pressure up, then when you use that pressure, it loses it quickly.I have one of thesehttps://www.its.co.uk/pd/AC640-Makita-A ... 7Qodte0ISw

That went to pot, put clear coat on and it went several shades darker, didn't blend in at all, so now I am stripping it all off and starting again, wifey will kill me when she sees how many towels I have used as rags, wiping it all away with thinners is a ball ache

As you know, i tried to paint the car my self, i made an absolute mess of it lol.So i have booked her in for next month at a proper body shop, i know this paint is hard to match but at least the finish will be better lol.While i was there the guy has a lovely silver Rover 820 in, it was in for touch ups and a little blowing in, lovely car, the leather seats were really nice.